Harvard-owned copy of the Magna Carta discovered as an original 01:49. Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

A British historian who discovered a copy of the Magna Carta was a genuine manuscript has shared his theory on why the ...

Harvard’s stained copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimates. In 2007, an original 1297 version of the document was sold at auction in New York City for $21.3 million.

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two ...

This photo shows a rare copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 sitting in a display case on April 15, 2025, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School / AP Photo.

In 1946, Harvard purchased what they believed to be a cheap copy of Magna Carta for $25.70. It turned out to be a screaming deal, because the document is actually a rare early 14th-century edition ...

Archaeology & History This ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta Turns Out to Be the Genuine Article. The document in Harvard's Law Library was long believed to be a replica.

In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s valuation, the historic document described as “somewhat rubbed and ...

Its tattered and faded copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimated — though Harvard has no plans to sell it. A 1297 version of the Magna Carta sold at auction in ...

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.